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Date: | Tuesday 9 September 1969 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Procaer F.15B Picchio |
Owner/operator: | William Herbert Spence |
Registration: | G-ARNV |
MSN: | 18 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Irish Sea, off Ramsey, Isle of Man -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | LIverpool Airport (LPL/EGGP) |
Destination airport: | Belfast, Northern Ireland (BFS) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Lost in the Irish sea 9/9/1969 somewhere en route between Liverpool and Belfast. No trace of the aircraft was ever found, apart from some wreckage washed up on a beach at Ramsey, Isle of Man, two days later. There were no survivors of the two persons on board (pilot and one passenger).
NOTE: The crash happened on 9/9/1969, and the wreckage was washed up two days later, on 11/9/1969. Over the years both dates have been quoted in various published sources.
Registration cancelled as "destroyed" 11/9/1969: however, this date was presumably applied retrospectively, some six months later, and was the one on which the CAA were notified of the loss. Presumably it was also the date when any hope of finding G-ARNV was formally abandoned. The CAA documentation states "destroyed 11/9/1969, notified 3/3/70"
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File DR 16/259:
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1200824 2. CAA: History of G-ARNV 1961-1969:
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ARNV-1.pdf 3. CAA: History of G-ARNV 1969:
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ARNV-2.pdf 4.
http://www.ringwaypublications.com/south-side/residents/ 5.
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?95045-Air-race-at-Wisley-Airfield 6.
http://derbosoft.proboards.com/thread/13889/liverpool-aviation-accidents-incidents 7. Yorkshire Air News February 1970:
http://www.yorkshireairnews.co.uk/images/1970%2002.PDF 8. Friends of Liverpool Airport Spring 2012:
http://www.fola.org.uk/0927/120.pdf 9. G-ARNV at Wisley 5/6/1966:
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1274828/ 10. G-ARNV at Jersey (EGJJ) May 1964:
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1431013 11. G-ARNV at Jersey (EGJJ) June 1966:
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1416290 12.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0693479/trivia Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Jun-2009 23:19 |
VHKDK |
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29-Jul-2012 17:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
11-Feb-2013 11:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
23-Jul-2014 20:01 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
26-Jul-2015 16:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
10-Aug-2015 01:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
18-Oct-2015 17:05 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
28-Nov-2020 22:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Destination airport, Source] |